Soloman Duke is an over-the-road trucker who likes the solitary of the open road. It's why his buddies at Foxtrot Freight call him Solo. He has no time for a family or even a woman and he's fine with that. Until a waitress catches his eye at a greasy spoon diner. As scared as she is stunning, he can't help but want to ask what she's running from—and he can spot a runner when he sees ones. Selena Gallo is running from a man who wants to destroy her life. Men have controlled her and kept her afraid for most of her life. But this man, this sexy and serious man, makes her feel safe and makes her want to run right to him.

Tanner Gray is a happy-go-lucky kind of guy who loves everyone he meets and is happy they seem to love him too. Especially the ladies. He doesn't like strings or ties or anything that keeps him in one place. But when he comes for a visit in a town he had a hell of a good time, he is shocked by what he finds. Tillie Byrd hates the man who left her best friend pregnant and broken-hearted. When her best friend dies—she swears it's from a broken heart no matter what the doctors say—she promises she’ll find him to let him know the son he abandoned needs his father. Too bad once she meets him, she can see exactly why her best friend loved him and why she couldn’t get over him—because she knows she won’t be able to get over him either.